Crane Garden

Crane Garden

Crane garden is a classical Chinese garden built in the late Qing Dynasty. It is located at No.4, Hanjia lane, Suzhou city. The water in the garden is like a mirror, the corridor is like a rainbow, and the wind Pavilion and moon pavilion are hidden among the rocks. Before the end of the garden, Hong left the Soviet Union and was once borrowed as the Bureau of agriculture. Later, he returned to pangqulu in Wujiang, where his grandson Pang juanshang was rebuilt and became a place for literati to gather and sing, where Zhu zumou once lived. In the garden, there is a lilac plant planted by Zhu, which is fragrant and refreshing. Deng bangshu's seal inscription "hand planted lilac by the poet of Douyin" was engraved on the flower bed. Pang juanshang lives in the garden, and the harmonic "crane garden" sound is called "crane edge", and the Department of its hall is called "Qihe". In 1963, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou.

The origin of the name

Hongluting, a Taoist, began to build in 1907. It was named "crane garden" because Yu Yueshu had a plaque of "carrying crane thatched cottage", which showed the unique style of ancient Chinese garden architecture and superb gardening art.

Historical evolution

According to local chronicles, Heyuan is located at No. 4, Hanjia lane, west of Renmin Road, adjacent to Quyuan and Tingfeng garden. The residential area is 4.66 mu, including 2.8 mu of garden. In the 33rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, hongluting, a Taoist, lived here and built a garden in the west of the house. Taking the name of "Heyuan" from the original seven character seal couplet on the screen door of the hall, it is said that it was named after the plaque of "carrying crane thatched cottage" written by Yu Yue. Before the completion of the project, Hong left the Soviet Union, and the garden was once the Bureau of agriculture. Later, he returned to Pang Qulu in Wujiang (the same scholar as Lu Runxiang), and passed on his grandson Pang juanshang (named Heyuan) to repair. In the 12th year of the Republic of China, it was built and completed. Pang moved in from his old house in xinqiaoxiang. Pang nengshu is a famous scholar.

Before moving in, he rented the garden with Zhu zumou, the poet of the Song Dynasty. Zhu planted a lilac of Xuannan in the vestibule of simian hall, and Deng bangshu inscribed "the poet of the Song Dynasty planted lilac by hand" under the flower bed. Third, entering the women's hall, they rent out to the association of banks. Carving Set feast, months will be counted. Deng bangshu and others wrote poems here, while Wang Dongdai created Shizhong and wrote poems here. Wu Mei, Zhang Zidong and the "Zhuan" generation of teenagers often gather here and hear about linchi. Ye gongchuo, Zhang Shanzai, Zhang Daqian, Mei Lanfang, etc. have successively visited. In the 31th year of the Republic of China, he worked with Yan Shi, the owner of sulun mill, as an office of the mill.

After liberation, Yan presented the garden to the people's government. It was the office of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. Since the "Cultural Revolution", it was forcibly occupied by the "March 8 battle headquarters" and almost all the plaques and couplets in the garden were destroyed. After that, it was used by printing factory, Material Bureau, auto parts factory and so on. In 1978, he returned to the CPPCC. In 1980, the state allocated 100000 yuan for comprehensive restoration. In the garden, the pool water is in the middle, with a small bridge. The bamboo and stone flowers are around it. The right corridor and the left Pavilion face each other across the pool. The main hall in the north of China is called "Qiya hall", which was written by Peng Weizhong, a woman from Changzhou in Guangxu. On the East and west sides of the front porch of the hall, there are "yanye" and "songchen" on the brick forehead, which are self inscribed by Pang Pang. They allude to Pang Gong's seclusion in Meng Haoran's "returning to lumen mountain song at night". In front of the corridor, white porcelain was used as a crane shaped floor. Before the Anti Japanese War, a crane was raised here. Zhangyunfeng is the highest stone in the garden, and its character is Wang Dong's title. The long corridor in the east of the pool is full of twists and turns. It forms several small courtyards with courtyard walls, decorated with flowers and trees, and has many levels. It is the location of the whole garden. A glass fan is set in the middle of the pavilion, which is divided into the inside and the outside. The inside Pavilion used to have a small mahogany table with a glass surface, which can store water, fish and turtles. The small fan hall in the west of the pool used to be fan-shaped. The story of crane garden was written by Jin Tianhe embedded in the wall of the North corridor.

Restoration work

In 1924, Jin Songcen wrote the story of crane garden. Wu Mei, Zhang Zidong and the generation of "Zhuan" in the Kunqu school often gathered here. Ye gongchuo, Zhang Shanzi, Zhang Daqian, Mei Lanfang and others have visited the garden. In 1942, the Pang family sold Heyuan to Yan Qingxiang, the owner of sulun cotton mill, as the office of the mill.

After liberation in 1949, Yan dedicated the crane garden to the country and became a municipal office. After 1966, most of the plaques and couplets in the garden were destroyed and used by printing factories, material bureaus and auto parts factories one after another. In 1978, he returned to the CPPCC. In 1980, the state allocated 100000 yuan for comprehensive restoration.

Structural layout

Crane garden covers a total area of 3134 square meters, small and compact, simple and elegant. East house and west garden are side by side. In the garden, the pool is in the middle, the small bridge is waving, the bamboo and stone flowers and trees are arranged around the pool, and the pavilion on the right and the pavilion on the left are facing each other across the pool. The main hall in the north is "the grass hall with cranes", which has a delicate structure. On the East and West lintels of the front porch, there are bricks with the titles of "yanye" and "Songjing" inscribed by Pang Juang. It is a typical sentence in Meng Haoran's "returning to lumen mountain song at night". In front of the hall is the Lake stone "zhangyunfeng", which is named after its shape. There are four halls in the south of the pool, which are opposite to the main hall. "Listen to Fengshan Pavilion", also known as "crane nest", looms in the bamboo groves in the north of the garden.

The main gate of the crane garden is in the south. There is a hall. The house with five rooms is protected by pink walls and flower windows, so that the garden can not be seen at a glance. There is a door in the northeast corner of the hall. Outside is a winding corridor, which runs through the whole garden from south to north. The corridor connects four halls and the hall in the West. The four side hall is in the middle, dividing the whole garden into North and south parts. The south of the four sides hall and the hall are opposite to each other. Along the powder wall, flower stands are set, flowers and trees are planted, and stones are erected to form the scene of the South Hall. The north of the four sides hall and the hall are paired with each other, and a pool is chiseled in the middle to form the view of the north of the hall. The irregular shape of the pool is surrounded by overlapping stones, with flowers and trees such as Yingchun, Michelia, clove, Begonia, osmanthus, Nerium indicum, Lagerstroemia indica and Chimonanthus praecox, as well as tall evergreen trees such as pine and cypress, forming the main scenery of the park. Garden gate south, there are 5 hall, out hall, northeast corner corridor, from south to north through the whole garden. In the west of the corridor, there are four halls and a large hall. A pool is dug between the two halls, and the stone is stacked around the pool. The main courtyard of the garden is composed of flowers and trees such as Yingchun, Michelia, clove, Begonia, osmanthus, Nerium indicum, Lagerstroemia indica, Chimonanthus praecox, and evergreen trees such as pine and cypress.

There is a double eaves trapezium hall in the west of the pool. The corridor is connected with the hall. The promenade is tortuous. It forms several small courtyards with the courtyard wall, and it is rich in flowers and bamboo. It is the essence of the whole garden. The scale of crane garden is small, the layout is close to the courtyard, the mountain arrangement and layout are simple, and the landscape is characterized by cheerful.

Xuannan has Tu Fu, built on the hexagonal pavilion, save the spire, the proportion is moderate, small and exquisite, form can be. On the west wall, shrubs and vines such as wisteria, rose and Ficus pumila are planted to make the high boundary wall hidden among the trees. Through the gap, the water of a bay extends to the direction of Tu Fu to form a water bay, which is zigzag, with a small bridge on the water. This is the common way to deal with the water surface in the garden, that is, the water has endless meaning, which is also "mysterious".

Landscape features

The scale of the crane garden is small, and its layout is close to the courtyard. The arrangement and local treatment of the mountain pool are characterized by simplicity, while the landscape is mainly flat and cheerful, which can be described as a combination of "open" and "abstruse". However, the northern part of the crane garden was monotonous and sloppy, which made the garden not perfect.

tourist guide

Address: take No.38 bus from the railway station to the second hospital, then go to Yuyu lane, then walk a little northward to Miaotang lane, or take No.3 bus from the railway station to Yuyu lane, take No.1 bus to leqiao, and then walk westward along Ganjiang road to Yuyu lane. Post code: 215005

Transportation: take bus No.1 or 101

The best travel time: Suzhou is suitable for all seasons, especially from April to October.

Address: the second community of Changzhou lane, Changzhou Road

Longitude: 117.242355

Latitude: 39.147819

Chinese PinYin : He Yuan